Tag: minister of defence

•Accused of obstruction of justice
Senator Iroegbu
Mr. Michael Owolabi, the Defence Lawyer in the case involving the Nigerian Army and Maj-Gen. Ijeoma N. Ijioma, one of the 38 senior officers contesting unjust retirement in 2016, has been dragged before the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, for obstruction of justice.
Gen. Ijioma

•As Dan-Ali directs Buratai to remain in North East
•Service chiefs reorganises operational commands
Senator Iroegbu
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has in response to the upsurge in Boko Haram terrorists attacks, ordered for emergency procurement of critical military equipment to effectively prosecute the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in parts of the North East.
This

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the Minister of Defence, retired Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to Chad for an emergency meeting with the Chadian President, Idris Deby, on the deterioration of security at the Nigeria–Chad border.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Dan-Ali had on Thursday briefed President Buhari on security development across the

Jude Johnson
The Nigeria's Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen. Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali, is in Japan to strengthen defence ties with the Asian country.
In continuation of his official visit to Japan, Dan-Ali on Friday paid a visit to Ministry of Defence at Shinjuku-Ku,Tokyo.
The Public Relations officer to the Minister of Defence, Col. Tukur Gusau,

By Babatunde Abiodun
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali has on behalf of President Muhamadu Buhari on Saturday, commiserated with the people o Zurmi Emirate and Zamfara state in general over the unfortunate killings of over forty people in Birane village.
Dan-Ali in a statement on Saturday by his Public Relations

Babatunde Abiodun
The Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen. Muhammad Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd), has disclosed that the Nigerian military has freed over 30, 000 hostages from Boko Haram terrorists in parts of the North East of the country.
Dan-Ali attributed string of successes recorded by the Nigerian Armed Forces in degrading the Boko Haram and

Calls for dismissal of Defence Minister
Jude Johnson
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the alleged lynching of some purported Hausa/Fulani bus passengers travelling to Taraba who were allegedly intercepted by some hoodlums in Gboko and burnt alive.
HURIWA said the Federal government should take decisive steps to

LAST week’s statement by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, that tended not only to condone, but also justify the activities of marauding Fulani herdsmen, came to many decent Nigerians as shocking and least expected of a government official of such a high rank. His ignominious outbursts were laced with

Babatunde Abiodun
Demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari balance the composition of the National Defence Council to stop the illegal dominance of one ethno-religious group, a human rights platform –
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked the Minister of Defence retired Major General Mansur Dan-Ali to stop providing subtle

•Records $348 billion economic losses
Jude Johnson
The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) has said that over 200,000 people were either killed or wounded over the last five years in Islamic countries’ terror attacks.
This was disclosed on Sunday when the Defense Ministers of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition met for the first time

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